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anyone looking at the big energy picture, not the individual pieces of energy, we spent all of our time talking about oil, gas, and nuclear. we debated about the environmentalists in the business community. we started to realize that, first of all, most americans get their energy from electricity. the change from this energy boom that we had of extracting record amounts of gas from the ground to plug in our homes, that really needs to -- it is the point that you raised about infrastructure. it is about investment in what we already have. about making the natural gas exploration, collection, and distribution system safe. that was a big concern by the last president, who did not have to worry about an energy crisis -- lyndon johnson, before richard nixon. in 1955 he said we had two critical infrastructure pieces. one, makes a the natural gas supply chain, the other is the electricity grid. we have not invested enough capital into those infrastructure areas. host: fred, denver, colorado. your on with jeffrey leonard. caller code does the improved technology -- caller: does the improved tec
anyone looking at the big energy picture, not the individual pieces of energy, we spent all of our time talking about oil, gas, and nuclear. we debated about the environmentalists in the business community. we started to realize that, first of all, most americans get their energy from electricity. the change from this energy boom that we had of extracting record amounts of gas from the ground to plug in our homes, that really needs to -- it is the point that you raised about infrastructure. it...
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Nov 27, 2012
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we import about 40% of energy. today it is less than 50% and ultimately we could get it down to a very small amount. we could be energy self- sufficient in the course of a decade, at 10 or 12 years. that is a big deal. it would change the deal political dynamic of the world, particularly the middle east. that would change the balance of power around the world. host: natalie asked a question on twitter. guest: one might suggest we have a national oil exchange in place and that is called the free markets. through the market mechanisms, there is a global price set on crude oil. our focus should be on the supply side of that equation. we cannot control a lot of the unrest in the middle east. what we can control is how much we contribute to that global marketplace. we believe that is where our focus should be. by producing our own, we hope we would put downward pressure on the price. host: markus on twitters. guest: most of what has occurred to get as to our higher levels of oil and natural gas production have all occur
we import about 40% of energy. today it is less than 50% and ultimately we could get it down to a very small amount. we could be energy self- sufficient in the course of a decade, at 10 or 12 years. that is a big deal. it would change the deal political dynamic of the world, particularly the middle east. that would change the balance of power around the world. host: natalie asked a question on twitter. guest: one might suggest we have a national oil exchange in place and that is called the free...
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Nov 24, 2012
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we have so many energy resources at our disposal, shale energy. fracking up in pennsylvania, new york, north dakota. hydraulic fracking has been around 55 or 60 years, but it has been too expensive. with new technologies, a can and does produce oil and natural gas. we have it would hundred year supply of natural gas. our over dependence on oil resources from unfriendly nations, we call that a clear and present danger to the national security. we think it is a clear and present danger to the economic security. we have to bring down the cost of energy. on top of that, the taxes during the fiscal clef. tax's impact seniors more than any segment. there is a tax called the estate tax. we call it the death tax. a lot of seniors are impacted by that. we are keeping an eye on that and we will be watching closely in the lame duck session. many things impacting seniors. clearly, high cost of energy, high taxes, medicare as we know it needs to be fixed. host: we are talking about the economy and older americans, particularly health care, with jim martin. if
we have so many energy resources at our disposal, shale energy. fracking up in pennsylvania, new york, north dakota. hydraulic fracking has been around 55 or 60 years, but it has been too expensive. with new technologies, a can and does produce oil and natural gas. we have it would hundred year supply of natural gas. our over dependence on oil resources from unfriendly nations, we call that a clear and present danger to the national security. we think it is a clear and present danger to the...
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Nov 22, 2012
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by that, they will have exposure to better ideas around energy and alternative energy and what is happening in the world, and be able to use technology like broadband. we have huge gaps of access to technology. then of course, talking about the most sobering issue, which is the issue of violence against our women and children in indian country. this is one of the core issues for us during a lame-duck session. this issue has plagued us for a long time. what it really amounts to is, we have, as with a lot of other data, a really high number of women who are either sexually or have violent abuse against them. three out of five women in indian country will be raped, and certainly have acts of violence against them. the challenge with the whole issue is, and people look at it, 89% of those perpetrators are non-native. and in our tribal court systems, because of the way that we look -- that the government looks at, our governmental system, in our tribal system, we cannot prosecute a non-native, which means those 89% non-native perpetrators can continue to violate and violate and not be able to ha
by that, they will have exposure to better ideas around energy and alternative energy and what is happening in the world, and be able to use technology like broadband. we have huge gaps of access to technology. then of course, talking about the most sobering issue, which is the issue of violence against our women and children in indian country. this is one of the core issues for us during a lame-duck session. this issue has plagued us for a long time. what it really amounts to is, we have, as...
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Nov 25, 2012
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we have the energy department responsible for nuclear weapons. we have the state department responsible for overseas. then we have what we call our defense, homeland security. of those budgets at 2 over $1 trillion. it is never mentioned. -- all of those budgets out up to over $1 trillion. it is never mentioned. can you verify it or disagree with me that we have over 737 military sites around the world? why not 400? we could bring back half of them and build a base here. that is my question, if you can answer it. guest: at the beginning of world war ii, the united states was the 18th greatest military power. we do understand the defense of our country goes beyond our borders and shores. incidents like 9/11 prove that out. most americans would rather fight a war it time zones from here -- 8 time zones from here. there is no question we could pare back that power across the world. i think we have. we will continue to do that. there are a tremendous amount of bases across the world. i think you will see using other technologies to bring soldiers hom
we have the energy department responsible for nuclear weapons. we have the state department responsible for overseas. then we have what we call our defense, homeland security. of those budgets at 2 over $1 trillion. it is never mentioned. -- all of those budgets out up to over $1 trillion. it is never mentioned. can you verify it or disagree with me that we have over 737 military sites around the world? why not 400? we could bring back half of them and build a base here. that is my question, if...
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Nov 26, 2012
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he hopes to expand the production tax credit for wind energy. watch the senate live on c- span2. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> you listen to their member, who said the damage was unprecedented, that it may be the worst storm the city has ever faced, and that the tidal surge was 14. governor christie said the damage was unthinkable. we had fires, hurricane-force wind, massive flooding, deep snow. you look at that and the flooding into the subway systems, the shut-down of the stock exchanges, you get a sense of the massive scale and scope of this storm. yet the networks perform. i have read dozens of stories about how for many consumers, their only link to information or to people with through their smart phone, linking social me and they're smart phone. while there was an impact on cell sites, i think the networks performed really well. my assessment is that some networks did well, some did less well, but we do not have solid information because there are no report requirements of these networks. there is no standard by which we measure the performance
he hopes to expand the production tax credit for wind energy. watch the senate live on c- span2. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> you listen to their member, who said the damage was unprecedented, that it may be the worst storm the city has ever faced, and that the tidal surge was 14. governor christie said the damage was unthinkable. we had fires, hurricane-force wind, massive flooding, deep snow. you look at that and the flooding into the subway systems, the...